TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) – The reciprocal and powerful action of Iran was the end to the British Empire on the seas, said a senior Iranian commander referring to seizure of the British-flagged oil tanker in the Persian Gulf.

TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) – Japan's top government spokesman said on Tuesday that there was no change in the country's stance that it was not considering sending its Self-Defense Forces for a US-proposed maritime coalition in the Middle East.

TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Iran has always been, and will be, the key guardian of security and freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman.

TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – An Iranian expert on international law Nemat Ahmadi said western countries' reaction to Iran's seizure of UK oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz is merely ‘political' while they have not taken the legal and technical aspects of the issue into consideration.

TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – Seizure of the British-flagged oil tanker in the Persian Gulf proved that Iran has the necessary determination and power to respond to any sort of threat, said Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami.

TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – Japan wants to make every effort to reduce tension between the United States and Iran before responding to an expected US request to send its navy to guard strategic waters off Iran, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday.

BANDAR ABBAS, Jul. 22 (MNA) – Upon the request of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization, IRGC seized British-flagged Stena Impero on Friday in the Strait of Hormuz since the vessel had switched off its transponder and moving in the wrong direction, increasing the risk of collision with other ships.

TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – Head of Iran’s Foreign Policy Strategic Council Kamal Kharrazi said that the oil tanker case should be decided according to the due process in Iran, noting London’s threat to impose sanctions on Tehran will not be effective.

TEHRAN, Jul. 21 (MNA) – Members of the Iranian Parliament hailed the swiftness of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in seizing a violating British tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, calling for putting a toll to ships passing through the narrow waterway.

TEHRAN, Jul. 21 (MNA) – Iranian ambassador to London, Hamid Baeidinejad, has called on the UK government to contain those domestic political forces who want to escalate existing tension between Iran and the UK over the tanker incident.

TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in reaction to the trespassing of British vessels into Iranian waters, called on the UK to "cease being an accessory" to the US' economic terrorism.

TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) – The Guardian Council Spokesman Abbasali Kadkhodaei said that Iran’s measure to seize a trespassing British oil tanker was carried out according to the rule of retaliation in the international law.

TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, told the New Yorker while in New York on Thu. that Iran would always respond to any act of hostility against its territory and interests.

TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) – On Thursday, US President Donald Trump, who is also the commander in chief of the country’s armed forces, falsely claimed that a US warship had downed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz.

TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) – The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has rejected the "ridiculous" claim that the USS Boxer has shot down an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz, saying the force will soon release footage captured by the drone after the claimed time of the shooting.

TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) – A senior spokesman for the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces dismissed the US' claim that it had destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz, saying all the country’s drones had returned safely to base after conducting their identification missions.

TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi dismissed the US’ claim that it had destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz, saying Iran has not lost any drone.

TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a tweet on Thursday posted a map showing the borders of Iran and the United States to remind the White House of the US boundaries and the necessity of respecting other countries' territories.

TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) – Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Tuesday he has "no plan" to send the Self-Defense Forces to the Middle East to join a so-called military coalition planned by the United States to safeguard commercial shipping in the region.

TEHRAN, Jul. 10 (MNA) – Insurance rates for tankers transiting through the world’s most important oil choke point have skyrocketed in recent weeks, CNBC quoted the CEO of a US-listed shipping company as saying.

TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has commemorated the anniversary of the US downing of an Iranian passenger plane, saying that US aggression against Iran did not begin with Donald Trump.

TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has posted on his Twitter account images of the path and location of the downed US drone, stressing that the photos leave no room for doubt that the US UAV was in Iranian airspace.